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Indigenisation resources: Land Rights

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Land Rights

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Australia's vast and unspoiled Kimberley region is under threat, with mining, pastoralism and irrigated agriculture driving an unprecedented land grab.

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A provocative and groundbreaking series, this is the story of mining in this country. It explores how this industry has shaped Australia in unexpected and extraordinary ways.

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Featured resources

  • Native Title - The Attorney-General's Department provide the government with legal and legal-policy advice on native title. We also assist the Attorney-General to administer the Native Title Act 1993.
  • AITSIS: Land rights - The Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, provides content on the history of Land Rights in Australia.
  • Land Rights (Aboriginal Affairs NSW) - Provides information on The Aboriginal Land Rights Act, 1983 (ALRA), and work on land based reforms.
  • Land and Housing (National Indigenous Australian Agency) - The NIAA cover the recognition of Indigenous rights in land and waters has been fundamental to the process of reconciliation.
  • BlackWords - Covers all forms of creative writing, film, television, criticism and scholarship, both by and about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers, and literary and storytelling cultures.
  • Informit Indigenous Collection - Contains specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, eBooks and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online. Some full-text.
  • Sociology Source Ultimate - Subjects include gender identity, marriage and family, to demographics, political sociology, religion and socio-cultural anthropology.
  • Social science journals (Proquest) - Access to journal articles covering a range of topics including gender, minority studies and activism.